The Age of the Imperial Guptas c10.7

c10.7

(i) If the coins bearing the names of Candragupta I and Kumāradevī were really issued by Candragupta I then we are at a loss to account for a return “to a relatively slavish imitation of Kushan type after the comparative originality of his father’s coins”, in the Standard type of Samudragupta.